Great for beginner aquarists, tetras are attractive, hardy fish that come in a variety of colorations and color patterns. Tetras are an active, peaceful, schooling fish that mix well with other community fish. They prefer to swim in schools of five or more. Tetras can share their aquarium with other community danios, rasboras, catfish and less aggressive barbs and gouramis.

Instead of plants, tetras eat aquatic crustaceans, worms and aquatic insect larvae. Vary their diet by including frozen or freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex worms and other small worms, mosquito larvae and daphnia. You will see your tetras swimming in the middle of your aquarium. To create a beautiful environment, be sure to add some top and bottom swimmers as well. Ask a PetSmart associate to help you choose.

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Silver Hatchetfish
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Fun To Watch
These guys are just awesome and a cool fact about them is that their gigantic pectoral fins can help them glide in the air!
February 15, 2014

Awesome!
I got Muffin, Cookie and Pancake and they are adorable! These guys are smaller than I expected but they aren't to small. Silver hatchetfish are a type of tetra, which aren't very hardy, so they might not last very long. These guys swim at the top of your tank, and they stay in their school. If you want some, you need at least three. Silver hatchetfish are very fast swimmers and they have really tiny mouths so you need to crumble their food. These fish are great and everyone should experience tetras.
February 2, 2014

awesome fish
I have 2 angel and ingot and i just got ingot from petsmart a week ago and angel a month ago. They are doing the best. They are very peaceful. When i feed they go the glass like dog wanting a treat. I recommend this fish because they are very cool and they are very peaceful.
January 30, 2014

good fish.
I love my hatchet fish money he is very active and loves to play with my other fish i highly recommend this fish to people who are used to owning fish as the
can jump out of their tanks and that is how i lost my
other hatchet fish silver to my cat. :(
January 17, 2014